Red and Gold

Red and Gold

Hi There!

Today we are continuing our

theme with a beautiful card by

Claire Jackson

Check this out:

For the red and gold theme I had to get out 

my lovely Viva Decor Maya Gold paint.

 

The Maya Gold paints are great to work with 

and extremely sparkly. 

I’m not sure the photos do them justice.

Colour a 5” x 5” square of white card with Distress Ink, 

beginning with scattered straw and wild honey in the centre, 

adding festive berries, picked raspberry, barn door and 

aged mahogany outwards. 

Darken the edges with walnut stain.

Use masking tape to fix the stencil in place. 

Gently sponge on gold paint in a light tapping motion 

to prevent paint leaking under the stencil and leave to dry

Emboss a 5 ½” square piece of card and colour with shades of red Distress Ink. 

With a sponge held flat gently highlight the raised areas with gold paint

Add a ribbon to the stencilled layer, hiding the edges underneath 

before matting on to the embossed card 

and adhering to a card blank

To finish the card add a sentiment die cut from gold mirri card 

and metallic stickers to the centres of the flowers

Materials used:

White card
Distress Ink
Imagination Crafts
Viva Decor Maya Gold: gold
Crafters Companion textures embossing folder: hessian
Craft Creations card blank: square textured cream
Metal Stickers 3mm nailheads
Mirri card

The colours are so rich and warm

This card would brighten anyone's day

Thank you Claire

Not sure I would be able to give this card away

Well, that is, unless I made two. 

Then I could keep one just for me...........

See you tomorrow

Mickie xx

Red and Gold

Red and Gold

Hi Everyone

The Countdown begins!

Did you remember to get

the Advent Calendars out?

To start the new month

we have a beautiful card from

Crafty Field and here she is to tell

you about it:

Red and gold is such a classic, 

I love to use it for Christmas cards 

as it gives an opulent and elegant feel.

By using a background stamp with the 

"Triple Time Stamping" technique 

you get a totally different look 

and here I have added a twist by not using 

mats behind my embossed panels but 

changing the colour of the middle panel instead.

This is how I did it:

Using embossing ink, I stamped and embossed in gold

 the Impression Obsession Cover-a-Card Ornate Floral, 

once on white card and once on red Mirri card.

From the mirri card I die-cut a 5 1/2" square 

and a 3" square from the centre.

From the white card I die-cut a 4 1/2" square 

also from the centre, trying to be as accurate

 as possible as the design is symmetric 

and will need to match up when layered.

Here I am trying the layers of embossed card 

and a piece of black ribbon. 

As you can see the stamping isn't perfect on the middle square 

(Mirri card is slippery) and this gave me idea 

to try the ribbon on top rather than under this panel 

before consigning it to the bin.

Thankfully it worked, so I added my sentiment, 

die cut from gold cardstock on top of the ribbon.

At this time of the year it is difficult to catch enough sun 

for a decent photo but I managed to catch enough rays 

to show you the shine in this close-up.

I hope I have inspired you to try this technique, 

or one of the many variations...

Supplies:

Impression Obsession - Ornate Floral 

Versamark Inkpad 

Gold Embossing powder 

Mirri card 

Merry Christmas die 

Card Base 

Ribbon

Great start to the month, thank you

Crafty Field

See you again tomorrow everyone

Mickie xx